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Jesse L. Williams, age 30, from Elkhart, Indiana.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash. Killed were Randy L Billings, Joshua B. Silverman, Peter C. Bohler, Omar W. Forde, Jesse L. Williams, Terry K.D. Gordon
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Marvin R. Jr. Calhoun, age 23, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Parents: Marvin Calhoun Sr. and Susan Needham
Spouse: Yamili Sanchez
Children: Yohani Sanchez, 2
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Elkhart Central High (2006)
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash during combat operations in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Killed were Brendan J. Looney, David B. McLendon, Adam O. Smith, Denis C. Miranda, Robert F. Baldwin, Matthew G. Wagstaff, Jonah D. McClellan, Joshua D. Powell, Marvin R. Calhoun Jr.
Cemetery: Chapel Hill, Elkhart
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Elkhart TruthÂ
Justin B. Shoecraft, age 28, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Parents: Donna Shoecraft
Spouse: Jessica Hernandez
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Elkhart Memorial High (2000)
Military history: 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device at Kakarak, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Columbus Republic, WXIN
David Anthony Jr Wilkey, age 22, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Parents: Stepmother Margaret Wilkey
Spouse: Melinda Wilkey
Children: Lexi Wilkey (born after his death), Blayke Wilkey, 1; stepson Christian Clark
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Date of death: Monday, June 18, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Goshen News, Legacy
Aaron Lee Seal, age 23, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Eng Co B, 6Th Esb, (9Th Esb, 1St Mlg, I Mef Fwd), 4Th Mlg, South Bend, In
Date of death: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Jeffery Wilbur Corban, age 30, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 69Th Armor, (2 Mef), Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Saturday, October 15, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Elkhart Truth
Craig Allen Boling, age 38, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Children: Four children: Alisha, Tiffani, Spencer
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Tuesday, July 8, 2003
Death details: Died from heart attack at Camp Wolf, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, Elkhart Truth, Goshen News
Stephen Greg Kiser, age 36, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Parents: Norma
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
James Clark Wayne, age 27, from Elkhart County Elkhart, Indiana .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 28, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, illness in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Richard Lee Wiseman, age 21, from Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company D, First Air Cavalry Division
Date of death: Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Death details: Hostile, wounded in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Rice
Source: National Archives, South Bend Tribune (1970)